In the eternally running discussion thread “Hey Bill” at billjamesonline.com, the website of sabermetric legend Bill James, the question came up of measuring the growth of sabermetric knowledge. James’s idea? Measure the extent to which teams are taking park factors into account when judging their rosters. But Tom Tango, author of “The Book,” offered another gauge: look at which teams are using good hitters […]
In the eternally running discussion thread “Hey Bill” at billjamesonline.com, the website of sabermetric legend Bill James, the question came up of measuring the growth of sabermetric knowledge. James’s idea? Measure the extent to which teams are taking park factors into account when judging their rosters. But Tom Tango, author of “The Book,” offered another gauge: look at which teams are using good hitters […]
The Oakland Athletics faced the Texas Rangers in a nationally televised game Monday night, and most baseball fans were already well acquainted with the Rangers’ starting pitcher, Yu Darvish. Darvish was a prized signing from Japan several off-seasons ago; he very nearly pitched a perfect game last year; and he has made the All-Star team in both of his major-league seasons (finishing […]
The Oakland Athletics faced the Texas Rangers in a nationally televised game Monday night, and most baseball fans were already well acquainted with the Rangers’ starting pitcher, Yu Darvish. Darvish was a prized signing from Japan several off-seasons ago; he very nearly pitched a perfect game last year; and he has made the All-Star team in both of his major-league seasons (finishing […]
The major league career of Masahiro Tanaka, the rookie pitcher from Japan signed by the New York Yankees during the offseason, is off to a blazing start. Tanaka mowed down 11 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim batters Sunday night, giving him 46 strikeouts for the 2014 season; according to the Elias Sports Bureau, that’s the third-most strikeouts by any […]
